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So why mention it if you can’t back it up?

The track is in superb condition these days,very little dirt but plenty of racing lines to try by the riders ,very enjoyable.

No you don't quite understand Speedway firstly it is about being entertained and hopefully the new customer coming back the next week.I am old but you are my age probably? ???? you are in cookoo land British speedway cannot afford to many W offinden/ etc riders end of.If we could great we cannot the days of the UK league being the best has long gone but it does not mean our leagues cannot provide entertainment.

Eastbourne laid on subsidised admission for the travelling Leicester fans last night. The Lions are doing likewise today.

Enjoyed the Sheffield match. Heats 13 and 15 spring to mind. Connor Bailey was the star for me last night. Beating Danny King in the 1st match and Ben Barker 3 times in the 2nd match. Enjoying watching this kid progress this year.

Just starting it has been boring now for as long as i care to remember. Anyway he knows nothing about our club on how it's operated which makes his snide comments even more ridiculous. But it is the norm on here now, there are plenty like him on here quick to spout there pi* h whenever the fancy takes them. Perhaps if his club was operated as the best it might still be here today , so for him to criticise about any club is laughable.

The way forward is to run to a budget and keep the costs down apart from Doyle,Iversen,Lambert, Fricke, our top two league's are pretty even.Speedway is about putting on a show and i have seen national league meeting's that are just as exciting as the Premiership.It is a MYTH about the top stars bringing in the crowds it doesn't for me Speedway is about a good night out and all levels can give you that.

It makes a change to go into the playoffs rated 3rd out of the 4 teams. I think the only way we can make the final is to finish top. If we meet Swindon or Wolves in the semi final our season is likely to end there. We can’t compete with Wolves strength at reserve. Both ride like heat leaders around Wimborne Road. They would probably win both legs.

Indeed you and and it was good of you to do so but there was no announcement from Berwick as there should've been IMO as there were several supporters at least thinking about going, you would think it was only common decency to announce Berwick were going there without a full team. Berwick's PR at times needs needs a huge improvement as does their official site.

Well said. Old bob sadly has an axe to grind with certain folk at Eastbourne and his bitter posts are a little sad but so predictable. Sounds like it was a good night of racing which when it comes to it, is all any sensible fan wants to see.

The racing has improved -- As has crowd numbers. Commercial Director has driven the community side and far more youngsters being taken to Arlington. Like the Daily Express , Speedways fanbase as a demographic is dying - so need to bring in younger fans Eagles are trying to do so. Most meetings have over 1000+ which is a start and seems as though with sponsors doing enough to return in 2020 .

Get over yourself, starting to get tiresome.

Great stuff, Bydgoszcz!

When we win at Poole tomorrow,,, that will throw the budgie amongst the dogs

I would never write Poole off.. Anything can happen yet, and probably will

We are simply debating opinions here but in mine I think if we splashed out on more top stars (especially when you consider their wage demands), you would get tracks closing at an even faster rate than now, it just wouldn't work, you either go with what you can afford or you go out of business, same on the high street where only the cheapo stores selling downmarket rubbish survive. Cardiff does well but it's a one off that has become a tradition for many but it isn't a patch on Belle Vue but even the international meetings there don't do brilliantly. Imagine Zmarzlik at Belle Vue (or any other track), you'd need an extra two to three thousand more just to pay his wages, you wouldn't get them, then look at the state of most stadiums and tracks, the majority need bulldozing and replacing.

I cant believe that Poole speedway has now come to the point where they would rather rake in money once then have a chance of doing it twice..... Poole pick Swindon in the semi finals....and lose........one home meeting with a bumper crowd Poole do what they should do and pick Ipswich............one home meeting and unless they choke then they will have a final home leg as well Are Poole fans that fickle that if they beat Ipswich that if its Wolves in the final that they wont go? Surely a bumper crowd in the final doesnt matter who the opposition is? If whoever finishes top doesnt pick Ipswich then the sport has died as a competition and sadly is only about making money Poole have won twice at Ipswich..Swindon won easily at ours once and battered us at their place..............why would either not pick Ipswich!

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

I can't see us winning even if Wells and THJ both replaced by guests, might be closer but Wolves have by miles the best reserves and both going frighteningly well at the moment and that is why they will win the title. That is why we need to come top.

As should any foreigner wanting to ride over here. If they are good enough to ride in another country the minimum should never be less than 4.

If they overturn the deficit then they deserve to be given the whole cup!

Which is Crazy! Look at the top british riders in speedway gb squad at the moment they all came from a nl team! Woffinden scunthorpe bewley belle vue lambert kings lynn cook Buxton Ellis IOW

Neither of them ride for a team owned by the chaiirman of the BSPA though, do they? That's the difference.

justice in speedway . depends on who you know, and more importantly who you are riding for at the time of any incident .

In general cubs/colts teams have virtually zero travelling support. From my frequent attendance at various NL tracks I would certainly place Kent as providing the largest (and friendliest) visiting contingent of away fans.

If that is the way it goes i would just pay to see BV meetings. Could not afford anymore.

You would be welcome at Swindon any time.

Would love to visit tracks in the premier league done all championship tracks bar Eastbourne, who knows if they go for one big league could be visiting you all soon!

Which he will donate to vissing and kennett.

Tense in Bydgoszcz !!! 54-24 after 13 heats Edit Bydgoszcz need 6 points from the last 2 heats 58-26 with 1 to go - Bydgoszcz need just 2 points !!!!!!

Who is 'throwing in the towel' exactly? Just for your info, at the time NBJ was replaced he was ill - doubled up in stomach pain in the pits in actual fact - and after an initial check in hospital thought he would have to have an operation! However when he flew back to Denmark his specialist there said it wasn't needed and he just needed rest. By this time Wells had become available, BV had signed Aarnio who promptly got injured and NBJ was declared fit to ride again - but not for too long as we all know. Not quite sure what other rider options were realistically available to replace either NBJ or Worrall on their respective averages, but if you wanna carry on stirring your particular type of $#!t then be happy with your opinions. BTW Poole may have been favourites at various times of this season (because we are always there or thereabouts) but current form clearly makes Poole the 3rd favourites behind Robins and Wolves.

Excellent meeting last night with good racing. Nicholls rolled back the years but should of come as no surprise as he passed Lawson in exactly the same place earlier in season - then did it to Kennett a couple of heats later. Great races by fomer British Champion. Eagles just can't cover the loss of Wood at Arlington and you need a dominant reserve . Ht2 was a decent race as was the Newman vs Perks battle. Newman has been superb the last couple of weeks and be good to see him back next season with Kerr + Lawson but that will all depend on averages and one or two leagues.

If you can't afford caviar you get scraps at the chip oyle.

It's get shouted down because putting the standard down is one of the main problems speedway has and why crowds have drop and stadiums are shutting down ..of course when this happens the answer is the lower the standard again . The same old people who reckon 7 juniors on a sat night with no guests is somehow the way forward ..

Overcast - but no rain forecast. Might be a bit chilly later on.

I am sure this has asked before but can Stoke Speedway not move it's promotion to Buxton, maybe need a name change but at least speedway would continue in that part of the Country and I think I am right in saying the track at Buxton has been used during the summer

Extremely enjoyable match, too many last places for the home side. Once again newman was excellent for eastie, others including lawson were under par. Nicholls in ht 11 especially tore lawson apart for pure speed, as a sussex resident he should be no1 on the pecking order for 2020. Leicester to my eyes are the strongest team in league, only issue is proctor seems to be regressing. Its so important to have one gd reserve to keep ticking away and thats mountain. Good crowd, good meeting

Superb post. We have made the play offs ,the last, 4 years running and with 3 cup finals to boot. The current promotion have had to pay off huge debt, yet we have Fricke, Bewley and Lidsey all Aces assetts with a huge future. Yes I'm as disappointed as most to miss out this year but as you say someone has too.

Some cracking racing once again tonight with the Glasgow youngsters getting in amongst the points. Sam Jensen what a find, totally fearless. Connor Bailey is learning all the time and is really going to be a star with Kyle unlucky against Sheffield but getting his reward against the bandits. A mention also for Ben Barker. He tried his heart out but wasn't rewarded with a big points total. Just a pity a lot people seem to have been put off by the weather forecast.

Glasgow in the top league . yes please ...

I guess Fraud rubs off on some Poole fans.

Surely tons of Ipswich fans will travel??

Something that the club would've known, last Saturday anyway, and definitely in the last few days, yet chose to say nothing. Not even the clubs un-official spokesman on here could bring himself to let us know. Very poor, but not a complete shock.

Well at least refurbishment of the back straight bogs is underway https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/14/gold-toilet-reportedly-stolen-blenheim-palace-cattelan

The attraction is that it helps to maintain interest in the sport. I cannot understand why people think it is a bad thing to have speedway on tv. I remember the 1990s, when there was no speedway on, and it helped towards the decline. I think a major contribution towards falling crowds has been the points limit - even more so now it is lower. I remember Oxford in the 80s. Succesful team. Big crowds. Eventually the points limit got them. Crowds visibly dropped instsntly. It's then hard to get those lost supporters back. So, another team takes over from Oxford. They then finish top, get nobbled by the points limit. The crowds drop. Then another team. Then another team. And so on, until, eventually, Swindon get to win the league. Then they get get nobbled by points limit too. Vicious circle. The only other time I've seen an instant, visible drop in crowds was when the double points replaced tatical subs. Did those people return when the tac subs came back? Not many, I'll bet. Anyone who thinks wesker sides is the key to the future, by the way, is clearly nuts.

Fair play to them. I like Brum as a track, i've been six times from London this season.

one I believe I do see the problem until speedway is run by a independent body it will never change .

Nigel does a good job in delivering an image of a fast, high octane, adrenaline rush sport.. Talking low and slow won't help that image... Lots of things are simply not fit for purpose in UK Speedway.. I would suggest Nigel and Kelvin are not one of them...

YOU may be the only one on here, although I doubt it, but Nigel is very highly rated at BT, Sky, BSI, Talksport, etc. Natalie does a good job because she knows her subject. During my time at the SGPs the likes of Charlie Webster and now Kiri didn't have a clue. But why does it have to be a female, and I am certainly not being sexist. Chris Louis and Brando are far better because they can talk the lingo to the riders.

Some people seem to be so hard to please, I think Nigel Pearson and Kelvin Tatum do a great job, as does Natalie Quirk. How luck we are to get any kind of speedway coverage especially domestically.